The Thames & Kosmos Telescope Essential STEM Tool | Childrens Refractor Telescope with 100x Magnification & Built-in Compass | Classic Scientific Device for Astronomical & Terrestrial Observations

Nephews loved it

Great present for Christmas!

It wasn’t what we expected. Not user friendly. Was hoping to enjoy looking at stars at night but takes too long to get it focused. It is light weight but unfortunately won’t get used much.

Es un buen producto para principiantes y para niños, para el precio está bastante bien

I got my granddaughter and her 2 kiddos (my greats) each telescopes for Christmas. My great grandson was surprised that I remember him talking about wanting one. He want to know if they could see heaven they lost their Daddy last August and of course I told him I know you can. He smiled so big and he said to his sister, now we can wave to daddy 😢 they haven’t used them that much but I get they will. They did look for Santa lolI’ll do a update after the Eclipse.

First off, if you’re buying this as a toy for a toddler to pretend to look at stuff, its fine. For anyone that actually wants to look into space it’s useless. It super cheap, flimsy plastic, and the screws don't hold the lens adapters in place. When you try to use it at night, the only thing you can see is a full moon (and not much bigger than if you used your eyes). My son was all excited to see planets, stars, and stuff, felt so bad when I tried it and it was pitch black - except for the moon. As I said, you can see a bright moon, but no way you can see a planet. Regrettably, I threw away the box and I can't return it. It was one of many Christmas gifts and the box got crushed with the rest of the boxes before we had a chance to try it.

1. The tripod is not extendable. You’d better have a table exactly the right height to put this on if you want to see over something like a shrub or fence for something low on the ground or low to the horizon.2. All of the pieces are so flimsy and lightweight that the lightest touch moves pieces out of alignment. The process of turning the focus knob causes crazy jitter.3. The diagonal mirror is not optional for terrestrial viewing, because the tube isn’t actually long enough to deliver proper focus without it. That means that if you’re trying to focus on, say, a chimney or skyscraper to calibrate the finder scope, you can’t easily switch position between eyepieces and you will bonk your head into the tube while trying to use the finderscope, throwing the whole thing out of alignment.One reason why I don't regret the purchase: it's teaching my kid how to look with one eye through a telescope and the basic principles of operation. Can he see anything in the sky? Absolutely not. But he's having fun.

Same telescope you find in the kids' aisle at Walmart. The one at Walmart was $20 Clearance, but I had already went home thinking It'd be better on Amazon but wasn't going to make two trips so here we are. Works good.